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institutions through this report; to the list of localities where 

 frauds have been discovered he wishes to add that there are pipes 

 from Briar Hill, St Lawrence county, and pipes and inscribed stones 

 from Chautauqua county which are fraudulent. 



A curious coincidence has led to the sending to this office of 

 brass medals a little larger than a silver quarter, each counterparts 

 of the other, but from different localities. One was sent from 

 Illinois, one from Schuylerville and one from Lake George. The 

 medals have on one side the head of an Indian and before him 

 a war club, while the reverse has the head of an Indian woman and 

 before her a cradle board. The workmanship of these objects is 

 very modern, perhaps less than fifteen years, but in every case the 

 objects have been excavated from depths and associated with Indian 

 remains. The Lake George si>ecimen, which was the third to come 

 to this office, was sent by courtesy of Mr James A. Holden, treasurer 

 of the New York State Historical Association. It had been sent 

 to him by the finder. The specimen was attached to a brass 

 fob and revealed the character of the specimen. The object 

 is not Indian of course and probably no Indian ever saw one until 

 very recently. The designs and attempts to reproduce Indian objects 

 show a lack of familiarity with such things. The workmanship, 

 however, is not bad and the object used as a watch fob is rather 

 effective. Any information as to the origin of this object will be 

 welcomed by the Archeologist. ' 



Ethnological groups. The attention of the Archeologist has 

 been taken up largely with plans for the ethnological groups which 

 constitute the special feature of the Governor Myron H. Clark Hall 

 of Iroquois Ethnology. The task of securing proper models, espe- 

 cially Indian females who are among the most modest of women, is 

 no light one and calls for a great deal of tact and patience. Since 

 the close of the fiscal year ending September 30, 1909, the Arche- 

 ologist has secured models from the various Seneca and Canadian 

 reservations and casts have been made in Buffalo and in New York. 

 To secure Cayuga models for the Ceremonial group, the Arche- 

 ologist visited the Grand River reservation and cast a series of ten 

 typical heads. Mr D. C. Lithgow, an artist, also accompanied him 

 and made color sketches of skin texture and color, besides paintings 

 of heads. He also made drawings and notes on the old Iroquois 

 architecture. 



During June and July life casts of six Cayuga Indians and three 

 Oneida Indians were made in New York by Casper Mayer, sculp- 



